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Title Statement | The U.S. Supreme Court: a very short introduction / Linda Greenhouse. |
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Alternative Title(s) | United States Supreme Court |
Series | Very short introductions |
Author | Greenhouse, Linda |
Publication | New York: Oxford University Press,[2023]©2023 |
Edition | Third edition.Mass Market |
Extent of Item | 138 pages |
ISBN | 9780197689462 (paperback) |
Other Number | pr07374116 |
Contents | 1. Origins --2. The Court at work (1) --3. The justices --4. The chief justice --5. The Court at work (2) --6. The Court and the other branches --7. The Court and the public --8. The Court and the world. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction draws on the Court's history and its written and unwritten rules to show how it operates in the twenty-first century. Today's Supreme Court, housed in a majestic building on Capitol Hill, bears little resemblance to the institution launched by the Framers of the Constitution and was originally seen as the weakest of the three branches of government. Over the next 200 years, the Court put the independence the Framers gave it to use and now largely defines itself, exercising so much power over how Americans live that some have begun to question whether the Court has gone too far. How do cases reach the Supreme Court? What features have other courts around the world taken from the Supreme Court, and what have they left?"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Judges--United States |
Judicial process--United States | |
By Name | United StatesSupreme Court |